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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2018

Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Activities of Psychorubrin, a Pyranonaphthoquinone Isolated From

Ari S O Lemos, Lara M Campos, Lívia Melo, Maria C M R Guedes, Luiz G Oliveira, Thiago P Silva, Rossana C N Melo, Vinícius N Rocha, Jair A K Aguiar, Ana C M Apolônio and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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30 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ari S O LemosBioactive Natural Products Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Lara M CamposBioactive Natural Products Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Lívia MeloBioactive Natural Products Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Maria C M R GuedesBioactive Natural Products Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Luiz G OliveiraLaboratory of Glycoconjugate Analysis, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Thiago P SilvaLaboratory of Cellular Biology, Department of Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Rossana C N MeloLaboratory of Cellular Biology, Department of Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Vinícius N RochaDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Jair A K AguiarLaboratory of Glycoconjugate Analysis, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Ana C M ApolônioLaboratory of Bacterial Physiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Parasitology, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Elita ScioBioactive Natural Products Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Rodrigo L FabriBioactive Natural Products Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Psychorubrin, a natural pyranonaphthoquinone found in different plants, has become an interesting compound in the search for new antimicrobial therapeutic agents. Here, we investigated the potential antagonistic activity of psychorubrin against planktonic and biofilm bacteria. First, psychorubrin was tested against several Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria strains by a broth microdilution susceptibility method. Second, bacterial killing assay, bacterial abundance, and membrane viability were evaluated. The nucleotide leakage assay was used to verify membrane destabilization while antibiofilm activities were analyzed by the effect on established biofilm, static biofilm formation, isolation of biofilm matrix assay and scanning electron microscopy. In parallel, the combinatorial effect of psychorubrin and chloramphenicol was evaluated by the checkerboard method. Psychorubrin was active against Gram-positive bacteria, showing rapid time-dependent kinetics of bacterial killing, amplified nucleotide leakage, and greater activity against the methicillin-resistant species (MRSA)

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antibacterial activitybiofilm controlMitracarpus frigidusMRSApsychorubrin

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